A quantitative review of the relations between the "Big 3" higher order personality dimensions and antisocial behavior

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 250-284

  Cale, Ellison M ^a  

^a South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

"Big 3"; Antisocial behavior; Eysenck; Meta analysis; Personality dimensions; Personality theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646410952     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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